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Paul's Second

…. Paul's Second. Letter To. The Christians At Corinth. Paul's Second Letter To. The Christians At Corinth. The Epistle… A “reluctant” self-defense 10:1 – 13:14 Yet, with doses of sharp sarcasm & rhetoric

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Paul's Second

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  2. Paul's Second Letter To... The Christians At Corinth

  3. Paul's Second Letter To The Christians At Corinth The Epistle… • A “reluctant” self-defense 10:1 – 13:14 • Yet, with doses of sharp sarcasm & rhetoric • He answers charges he is “bold in writing” but “weak when present” 10:1-11 • He states his “apostolic credentials” 11:1-33

  4. Paul's Second Letter To The Christians At Corinth The Epistle… • A “reluctant” self-defense 10:1 – 13:14 • He “boasts” of his revelations 12:1-10 • Yet, God gave him a “thorn in the flesh” • He chides the Corinthians for believing & accepting what they heard about him that they knew was not true 12:11-21

  5. Paul's Second Letter To The Christians At Corinth The Epistle… • A “reluctant” self-defense 10:1 – 13:14 • He warns about his upcoming visit and gives some final exhortations 13:1-14 • “When I arrive, I will not spare anyone” • “Examine yourselves…” • “Rejoice…be complete…be in peace”

  6. Lesson 48 – In Achaia & Greece 20:2-3 • Leaving Macedonia, Paul goes to Greece… namely, Achaia (Corinth)v. 2a • He came to Corinth just as he had said he would 1 Cor 4:19 16:5 • He stayed 3 months v. 3a • The winter months 1 Cor 16:6

  7. Paul's Letter To... The Christians In Rome

  8. Paul's Letter To The Christians In Rome Events Leading Up To This Epistle… • Written from Corinth on the 3rd journey • Paul came to “Greece” (Achaia) after passing through Macedonia Acts 20:2 • He spent 3 months there before sailing to Syria Acts 20:3 • The winter months earlier mentioned 1 Cor 16:5-6

  9. Paul's Letter To The Christians In Rome Events Leading Up To This Epistle… • Written from Corinth on the 3rd journey • He commends Phoebe to them 16:1 • She was from Cenchrea…Corinth’s seaport • His host was Gaius 16:23 • Possibly the same “Gaius” as in 1 Cor 1:14 • The collection was being gathered 15:25-27

  10. Paul's Letter To The Christians In Rome Events Leading Up To This Epistle… • Paul had never been to Rome • He had tried to come, but had been hindered 1:11-13 15:22-23 • He still maintained plans to go Acts 19:21 • He would later be told by the Lord he would in fact go to Rome Acts 23:11

  11. Paul's Letter To The Christians In Rome Events Leading Up To This Epistle… • Thematically, some see this as Paul’s grandest epistle • The most O.T. quotations of any he wrote • It addresses some important topics… • …A complete presentation of sin • …Justification by grace through faith, not by works of law

  12. Paul's Letter To The Christians In Rome Events Leading Up To This Epistle… • Thematically, some see this as Paul’s grandest epistle • The most O.T. quotations of any he wrote • It addresses some important topics… • …Practical instruction on how people justified by grace through faith ought to live

  13. Paul's Letter To The Christians In Rome The Epistle… • Greetings & Thematic Statement 1:1-17 • Opening acknowledgements vv. 1-7 • Thankfulness & plans re: Rome vv. 8-15 • ThemeÙ the gospel is God’s power to save…justification is by faith vv. 16-17

  14. Paul's Letter To The Christians In Rome The Epistle… • Man’s Sin Problem & Remedy 1:18 – 5:21 • Indictment #1 Ù all Gentiles guilty 1:18-32 • Indictment #2 Ù all Jews guilty 2:1-29 • They are not better off than the Gentiles just because of the former covenant • Indictment #3 Ù all men guilty 3:1-23

  15. Paul's Letter To The Christians In Rome The Epistle… • Man’s Sin Problem & Remedy 1:18 – 5:21 • God’s remedy Ù justification by God’s grace & man’s faith 3:24 – 5:21 • Salvation by faith, not “law keeping” 3:24-31 • Case study to prove Ù Abraham 4:1-22 • Follow Abraham’s example 4:23 – 5:11 • God’s power to save illustrated 5:12-21

  16. Paul's Letter To The Christians In Rome The Epistle… • Questions Asked & Answered 6:1 – 11:36 • Objections anticipated from Jewish view • Question #1 Ù“Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?” 6:1-14 • Sin increases…grace abounds more • God forbid!! We’ve died to sin

  17. Paul's Letter To The Christians In Rome The Epistle… • Questions Asked & Answered 6:1 – 11:36 • Objections anticipated from Jewish view • Question #2 Ù“Shall we sin because we’re not under law, but under grace?” 6:15 – 7:6 • Sin is no longer our master…Christ is • Law (“1st husband”) has died

  18. Paul's Letter To The Christians In Rome The Epistle… • Questions Asked & Answered 6:1 – 11:36 • Objections anticipated from Jewish view • Question #3 Ù“Is the Law sin?” 7:7-23 • Law is not to blame for man’s sin • Sin uses Law to deceive, kill man • Law only frustrates the man trying to be justified by it

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